Multiple iCloud Backups (Issue Deleting)

Hi,
I noticed that my iCloud storage space has drastically dropped and crunching the numbers, they don't add up.
I recently did a fresh install of my iPhone and wanted to restore my iPhone from an older backup. Low and behold, I found
many older iPhone and iPad backups lurking inside. However, going into the iCloud panel in both the Mac and iPhone does not
reveal them. Please advise as this is taking up precious space and not allowing me to delete old backups.
Thanks!

You would have to restore the entire backups to access the photos. If you have data on your phone now that you want to save, you would need to back it up to your computer using iTunes, then restore the first iCloud backup, import the recovered photos to your computer (see http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4083), then restore the second backup and import those photos to your computer too, then restore your original backup from your computer using iTunes to return your phone to it's current state. Then you could put all the recovered photos in a folder and sync them to your phone by selecting the folder on the Photos tab of your iTuens sync settings and syncing.

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I have an original iPad 1 that's my personal iPad. Since I got an iPhone 5S over a year ago, I almost never use the iPad as it's so frustratingly slow compared to the 5S, and most of the most recent apps don't work on iOS 5.1.1.
I work for a small consulting firm where a large part of my responsibilities is business development. 2-2.5 years ago, I started occasionally needing an iPad for doing sales presentations of enterprise software. So, I purchased and expensed a then cutting edge 4th Gen iPad. For work purposes, I've always kept this iPad nearly completely empty except for essential software. In the past 6 months, I've needed this iPad less and less for said presentations. I'm down to not even turning it on once a month, and have gone 3 months at a time without touching it. That said, there's always a chance I'll find out that a week from now I'll need to fly somewhere and do a demo using it.
I was really hoping iOS 8 was going to enable multi-user support, but obviously it did not. I'm now pondering the use of iCloud backups as an effective means of multiple user functionality when you don't have to switch user accounts very often.
My thinking is that I can make sure my personal iPad 1 is fully backed up to my personal 20GB iCloud account, and that the work iPad is fully backed up to the work iCloud account. I'd then wipe the work iPad, log in to it using my personal iCloud account and let it restore from there. At that point I'd be using the work iPad for personal use and would completely stop using the iPad 1.
If I found out I needed to demo using the iPad a week later, I would wipe the iPad 4 clean again, after which I'd log in to the work iCloud account, let it restore, and be good to go. Once done the presentation, I could then wipe it, log back in to my personal iCloud and let it restore.
Every time I found myself needing to use the iPad for work purposes I would simply go through the above process.
My questions are:
Are there are any holes in my logic?
Am I risking data loss on either the work or personal account?
I assume iCloud accounts can exist with backups intact even if no device is currently utilizing them?Is there any time limit to this?
Besides the time it takes to wipe and restore the iPad, are there any downsides to the above process?
Is there any reason I cannot wipe my iPad 1 and sell it/donate it?
Thank you in advance.

Ah, MBA makes more sense. Unfortunately, the point of demoing on the iPad is to explicitly show that the enterprise software is iPad compatible and what it looks like on it. Everyone's a skeptic, so I definitely have to use the actual iPad and not emulation software.
As far as overwriting a backup, I would think that the only backups ever visible would be those for the account i'm currently logged in as. I don't see how it's plausible then to overwrite any in the wrong account. Again, these are 100% separate accounts that have nothing at all connecting them. If it were possible, wouldn't the people who sell their iDevices on ebay be complaining about how the recipients deleted their iCloud backups. I'm effectively transferring the device in the same way...just between by own 2 disconnected accounts instead of 2 humans with 2 disconnected accounts.
I don't really view it as a time drain, as when switching accounts I'd just "Reset all settings," and walk away. I'd later log in as the other user, and would walk away again while the iPad just automatically starts loading everything up. I'm not sitting there waiting for it, as this is merely a luxury device that I've never once had an immediate need for. It's just a "nice to have."
Again, this transfer would likely only be happening once every 6 weeks anyway. The majority of the time it would be set up on my personal account.
WiFi is no issue, as I'd only do this while at home on my 50/50 FiOS. Again, I never "need" the iPad on my personal account such that waiting until I return home from a trip would be an issue.

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I've been a user of the free 5 GB of storage since its inception without any problems. I was backing up data on my iPhone and 3rd gen. iPad on a regular basis and never ran into any issues.
I recently upgraded to an iPad Air and set it up using a restoration and it went off without a hitch. The very next day I started noticing these warnings that I was approaching my storage limit even though I had not really changed the amount of data on my phone or the Air. I don't download lots of apps and basically only update them when necessary. I use iTunes Match, so I stream my music from the cloud so I don't have audio files on any devices, with the exception of my iPhone for those times I don't have access to wi-fi -- and it's always been the same number of files/same size.
(The iPhone is showing 3.5 GB in use and the Air is showing 1.3 as of this post).
I do have a fair amount of photos in the iPhoto stream as I'm always snapping something, but not to the point of being obssessed. And I always am moving them into iPhoto/Aperture and deleting them frequently, so I'm not talking about thousands of photos being on either device at any time.
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I think I figured it out. I went through my iPhone and turned off a lot of the apps that were slotted to backup and it appears to done the trick as the phone is backing up to iCloud.
The language needs to be broken down where it makes more sense of what's happening behind the scenes during these backups as I think it can be easily miscontrued that it's the data the various specific apps are using which is the issue at hand and not them apps themselves is what's causing the increase in size; some people may think that if they turn these apps off, they are deleting the apps from their devices so they leave them all switched on which ends up bumping up the size and ultimately eating up storage space.
I admit to not really paying attention to what the explanation was saying when I initially got the error message which made me initially post this. Now that I'm rationally thinking, I can see the problem of the disappearing space and am off to turn off a handful of apps on the Air to reduce the storage allotment even more

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4845.9 MB
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= 645.9 MB
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